© 2011 – IFC Wim Wenders Stiftung, the foundation associated with the German director, has sealed a deal with agent Salaud Morisset to handle distribution rights for 25 of his films. The arrangement would include theatrical, festival, and non-commercial rights for all unsold territories around the globe. Commercial rights to his catalog remain with Hanway Films….
@Courtesy of Neon Synopsis : Hirayama seems utterly content with his simple life as a cleaner of toilets in Tokyo. Outside of his very structured everyday routine he enjoys his passion for music and for books. And he loves trees and takes photos of them. A series of unexpected encounters gradually reveal more of his…
Courtesy of Neon The film directed by the illustrious German filmmaker was presented in competition at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the Best Actor Award for Kōji Yakusho. Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days shows Japan through the eyes of a European, and was nominated for the…
Director Justine Triet’s courtroom drama, “Anatomy of a Fall” won the Palme d’Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival. “Anatomy of a Fall” is only the third film directed by a woman to win the Palme d’Or, following Julia Ducournau, who took the Palme for “Titane“ in 2021. Jane Campion was the first-ever female Palme…
The 2023 competition line-up includes new films from Wes Anderson, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Ken Loach, Todd Haynes, Nanni Moretti and Aki Kaurismäki. In addition, Cannes has packed its out-of-competition screenings with blockbusters, including “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” and Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” as well as a new documentary from Oscar winner…
©Courtesy of Tribeca Festival Our everyday lives are made up of countless small moments that slowly gather over time. Most of them are forgotten because they seem ordinary and insignificant. Lacking the drama of major events, they fade almost as soon as they occur. In great films such as Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days” (2023) Jim…
©Courtesy of Neon Neon announced today that it will be releasing its highly acclaimed Japanese thriller Exit 8 in theaters nationwide on April 10, 2026. Directed by celebrated up-and-coming filmmaker Genki Kawarmura, and based on the hugely popular video game of the same name, the film world-premiered in the midnight section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival where it…
Courtesy of Tokyo Sonata. At the 18th Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong, veteran Japanese actor Yakusho Koji will receive the esteemed lifetime achievement honor. Yakusho, who won best actor at Cannes in 2023 for Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days“, becomes the third Japanese recipient of the AFA’s highest accolade, following director Yamada Yoji (2008) and…
©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival Twelve years after her first-feature film bends, the director Flora Lau brought at the Sundance Film Festival – World Cinema Dramatic Competition – LUZ, another psychological drama set in Chongqing and Paris. The main story follows two completely different people: Wei (Xiadong Guo) is trying to reconnect with the daughter…
(C) 2024 Cloud Production Committee. Kurosawa Kiyoshi’s Cloud has been officially selected as Japan’s submission for Best International Feature Film in the 97th Academy Awards competition. The film follows the fate of a young man named Yoshi Ryosuke (played by Masaki Suda) who makes a living buying and selling merchandise online using the pseudonym of…
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